Diablo Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Diablo (Devil) Mask: Red painted wood mask with long black upright horns; eye-holes with painted lashes and brows; large nose; thin mustache above a smiling mouth with fangs and gold, black and white teeth; and large, red, floppy rubber ears
Diablo (Devil) Mask

Red painted wood mask with long black upright horns; eye-holes with painted lashes and brows; large nose; thin mustache above a smiling mouth with fangs and gold, black and white teeth; and large, red, floppy rubber ears

Name/Title

Diablo Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.130

Description

A long rectangular wood mask depicting a figure with a crimson-red complexion. Two skinny black horns and large scarlet-red ears attached to the forehead. Cutout eyeholes outlined with painted black eyelashes and underneath black painted eyebrows. A long bumpy nose is above a painted black mustache and an open mouth with white, black, and gold teeth and two fangs. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Juadas (Dance of Judas)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Samayac, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Luzbel (Lucifer), Devil, Judas, 2014.C-DG.130

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

13 in

Width

10-3/16 in

Depth

6 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso, Metal, Rubber, Foil